As previously reported, Kanye is set to be shooting a short film somewhere in the Gulf region. Kanye and G.O.O.D. Music took over the ceremonial court in Education City (Doha, Qatar) earlier this week:

Part of the reason for the excitement? The story—plot details of which were not divulged by one source “out of respect for Kanye’s ambition”—was conceived by the rapper explicitly to take place in the Gulf. He is said to have fallen in love with the region after a concert performance last year in Abu Dhabi.